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Dear Caulfield Athletes U13, U14, U15 & U16 & parents,

The first round of “The Circuit” was held in Mentone on a balmy Friday twilight in November. It was lots of fun for the athletes who had other CLAC athletes attending in their age group. The highlight was the Nitro style relays where we had athletes lining up for more!

Round 2 is this Saturday 9th December, we encourage all Caulfield athletes U13 to U16 to attend especially as our normal Saturday competition has been cancelled due to the booking falling through with Lakeside Stadium.

Saturday 2nd December – Lakeside Stadium – has been CANCELLEDdue to the severe weather warnings.

With a severe weather warning being issued for the entire state over the weekend the committee has made the decision to cancel the Multi Day Event competition in the interest of athlete and family safety.

Saturday 9th December – Lakeside Stadium – has been CANCELLED as the booking arrangements for competition on Saturday 9th December have fallen through with Lakeside Stadium.

Without our planned booking for Lakeside Stadium there are very few options remaining for our athletes to compete as a centre. With that in mind, the following choices are available for you on Saturday 9th December. They include:

Option 1: Choose to take the 9th December off and not compete anywhere. For those competing at State relays this is not recommended.

Option 2: Register for the Knox Open Day using a special link, that has been sent to all CLAC members via email. Registration via the link for CLAC athletes has been arranged with Knox Little Aths Centre who have kept the registration portal open just for Caulfield athletes and will close at 11:59pm Saturday 2nd December. Caulfield will have marquees set up for those athletes and parents who want to join us at the twilight event. $6 per event or $20 for 4 events (max. 4 events) payable to Knox on registration.

Option 3: Contact another centre and arrange to compete at that centre on the morning of the 9th December

Option 4: For U13 to U16 compete at Brighton Little Aths centre where they are holding the second instalment of “The Circuit”.

We would like to thank Knox Little Athletics Centre for allowing Caulfield athletes extra time to register for the open day. For more information on the Open day click here.

We appreciate your understanding due to these circumstances that are out of our control.

The start of the track redevelopment works at Duncan Mackinnon Reserve (DMR) is now upon us with last Saturday’s competition being the last at DMR before Glen Eira begin construction.

While we wait to set up at the new facilities at Moorabbin next year the committee has made plans for our centre to compete at some new tracks as we see out the remainder of this year. Please see the schedule below:

The State Relays Championships are being held for those teams that qualify via the Region event. For any athlete who will not be attending, the Committee has made arrangements with Brighton Little Athletics Centre that any Caulfield member wanting to have a run is welcome to join them for their Saturday morning competition. Please make sure you introduce yourself to the Registrar to let them know you are joining in.

I am really excited about the opportunities our CLAC athletes will be able to take up over the next four weeks. The experience of competing at Lakeside Stadium is something that will be remembered for a long time. Please click HERE to see further details about our Multi Day & Christmas Break Up.

Training will continue at DMR and move onto the grass areas outside the back gate next to the netball courts. Whilst we wait for Moorabbin to open some of the training sessions will change focus and work on strength and core conditioning in addition to technique. See training email.

Further details regarding CLAC competition plans for 2018 will follow later in the year.

The Caulfield LAC Training Calendar for registered athletes has now been published. This calendar will help you and your child/ren plan the training they would like to participate in. Training is included in your registration fees.

The Junior Development Squad (JDS) gives U12 – U16 athletes an opportunity to gain new skills and improve technical competencies through participation in coaching and training sessions with some of Victoria’s leading coaches. Training with other keen and enthusiastic squad members is both fun and motivational and helps develop new friendships based on an enjoyment of athletics. The emphasis on learning new athletic skills and improving existing ones is in a friendly and supportive environment.

To join JDS, athletes must achieve the qualifying standard in their current age group of the season. Athletes must achieve one standard on two separate occasions or two different standards, once. This ensures that the performances show a consistency and not just a once off.

The JDS information pack contains the calendar, qualifying criteria and standards. By clicking on the link below you will open the Little Athletics Victoria website. Click on the link to open the information pack.

We encourage our U12 – U16 Athletes to look into seeing if you have qualified (using last seasons results). If you need help doing this please email president@caulfieldlittleaths.org.au and we will guide you through the process.

Once you have read the information pack and checked that you have qualified, you can register by following the link inside.